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Microsoft Security Strategist Award - 2006

Congratulations on bringing out the January issue of Network Magazine on the Microsoft Security Strategist Awards. It is a great way to salute enterprise security architects who give their best to secure their organisations.

—Kiran Nair
Mumbai

On behalf of the Network Magazine team I would like to thank you for your words of appreciation. The 2006 MSSA winners were those who had in-depth security processes and a policy of continuously improving their systems. The policies and procedures followed by them are inextricably woven into their business processes and operational procedures. ICICI Bank, Cognizant and HPCL won because the jury felt that their set-ups had evolved to the point where processes are documented and pervasive.

Case Study

I read the January issue of Network magazine. The case study on Andhra Pradesh Secretariat was interesting. I was happy to learn that the state government has implemented IT to pave the way for better administration and bring affordable services closer to its citizens.

—Shweta Shukla
New Delhi

Andhra Pradesh embarked upon the road to e-governance almost eight to nine years ago. Today it is one of the pioneering states offering affordable and easy to use cost-effective citizen-centric services with the use of Information Technology.

The State Government is also in the process of migrating its servers to blades and storage solution from NAS to SAN. A dedicated state database will soon be deployed at Hyderabad with DR set-up at Tirupati or Vizag.

This issue of Network Magazine is the Case Study Special presenting the best of 2006 in five categories—Servers, Government, wireless and mobile enablement, document management and DR.

News and Analysis

This is in reference to the News and Analysis section and the case studies carried every week in the Network Magazine. I find the sections to be informative. The News section gives us a brief on the latest happening in the field of IT, ITeS and Telecommunications. The case studies provide in-depth analysis of how enterprises and government department deploy IT infrastructure.

—Gr.Capt Gupta

Thank you. We selectively choose the news for News & Analysis section that may add value to our readers.